Definition of Acceptor

1. Noun. (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated.

Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Chemical Compound, Compound

2. Noun. The person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures.
Generic synonyms: Drawee

Definition of Acceptor

1. n. One who accepts

Definition of Acceptor

1. Noun. One who accepts. ¹

2. Noun. (context: legal commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted. ¹

3. Noun. (context: chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond. ¹

4. Noun. (context: physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acceptor

1. accepter [n -S] - See also: accepter

Medical Definition of Acceptor

1. A compound that will take up a chemical group (e.g., an amine group, a methyl group, a carbamoyl group) from another compound (the donor); under the action of alanine transaminase, l-glutamic acid is an amine donor while pyruvic acid is an amine acceptor. Origin: L. Ac-cipio, pp. -ceptus, to accept (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acceptor

acceptee
acceptees
accepter
accepters
acceptest
accepteth
acceptilation
acceptilations
accepting
acceptingly
acceptingness
acceptingnesses
acception
acceptions
acceptive
acceptor (current term)
acceptor RNA
acceptor control
acceptor site
acceptor splicing site
acceptors
acceptour
accepts
acces pernicieux
access code
access codes
access control
access control list
access control lists

Literary usage of Acceptor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of the Law of Bills and Notes by Charles Phelps Norton, Francis Buchanan Tiffany (1900)
"Facts which the acceptor Admits. 71. Facts which the acceptor does not Admit. ... acceptor AND MAKER. 69. The acceptor and maker each promises the payee and ..."

2. Handbook of the Law of Bills and Notes by Charles Phelps Norton, Harold McLean Wilkie (1914)
"Facts Which the acceptor Admits. 71. Facts Which the acceptor does not Admit ... acceptor AND MAKER 69. The acceptor and maker each promises the payee and ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1822)
"The declaration, in an action by the drawer against the acceptor, states the substance of the bill, the acceptance by the defendant, the presentment to him ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles, Walter John Barnard Byles (1899)
"The acceptor, supra protest, becomes liable to all parties on the bill subsequent ... The acceptor, stipra protest, admits the genuineness of the signature, ..."

5. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"The acceptor, by reason of his acceptance, which is prima facie evidence of his having in ... The acceptor undertakes to pay the sum specified in the bill, ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"61, where the entering into a new agreement with the acceptor for securing the payment of the bill WHS considered as a discharge by the holder of the other ..."

7. Forms of Pleading in Actions for Legal Or Equitable Relief: Prepared with by Austin Abbott, Carlos Coolidge Alden (1898)
"I. PAYEE AGAINST acceptor. PAOE. 266. Short form, setting out a copy of the bill 258 267. The same, pleading the legal effect .. 258 268. ..."

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